Before you sign · Lost or missing title

Lost the title? Get the duplicate first.

Tennessee issues duplicate titles through your county clerk. While you wait for it, we can still check the market and make your offer.

Don’t wait on the clerk to see your number.Start your market review now. Your buyer checks every source and makes a firm offer on today’s market; on the day you sell, they re-check it and confirm the number with you.

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01 · The duplicate

Four steps at the county clerk.

1Apply at your county clerk.In person or by mail, on Tennessee’s Application for Noting of Lien, Duplicate Title (RV-F1315201). Bring a photo ID.
2Show the loan was paid off.If the car ever had a loan, Tennessee asks for proof that the lien was released.
3Pay the state fee.Your county clerk tells you the current amount, including any county fee.
4Then it’s a title-in-hand sale.Three forms, your duplicate title, about fifteen minutes.

Still owe on it? Tennessee only issues a duplicate to the lender while a lien is on record. Then you don’t need the title at all: we pay your lender and they release it to us. The loan guide →

Sources: Tennessee Department of Revenue

Read 2026-10-23. Forms and fees change; your county clerk has the current ones.

02 · Your paperwork

Then three forms and your duplicate.

03 · Every form, blank

Read them now. Sign them once.

04 · Good questions

Before you say yes.

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